Vascular Surgery - Repair of other artery (Clean) (L68)

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Coding system
OPCS-4
Coding system release
unknown
Codelist ID
OxHPRU/vascular-surgery-repair-of-other-artery-clean-l68
Version ID
4d434e64
Number of codes included
6

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Procedure category: Vascular Surgery - Operative procedure involving arteries or veins includes aortic aneurysm repair, vascular grafts, and carotid, iliac, femoral or popliteal artery operations. Excludes varicose vein repair, creation of arterial shunts, coronary artery bypass graft, or any procedures involving the pulmonary artery.

Procedure subcategory: Repair of other artery (Clean) (L68)

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Generated programmatically from the Surgical Site Infection Surveillance Service (SSISS) Operating Procedure Codes Supplement (OPCS) under the UK Open Government Licence v3.0. This includes codelists for 17 categories of surgical procedure. Within each category, there are subcategories of procedures. This codelist includes the codes for a single subcategory.

Procedure category notes: Note: In categories L16 to L21, L48 to L54 and L56-L6 5reference to iliac artery (not further qualified) should be understood to include: • common iliac artery • external iliac artery • internal iliac artery Similarly reference to femoral artery includes: • common femoral artery • deep femoral artery • superficial femoral artery The minimum wound class for vascular surgery is clean.

Procedure subcategory notes: Includes: Unspecified artery


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code term notes
0 L681 Endarterectomy and patch repair of artery not elsewhere classified
1 L682 Endarterectomy not elsewhere classified
2 L683 Repair of artery using prosthesis not elsewhere classified
3 L684 Repair of artery using vein graft not elsewhere classified Includes: Repair of artery using graft not elsewhere classified
4 L688 Other specified
5 L689 Unspecified